Trainee Members

Credentials: LUCID Training Program, Dept. of Psychology (College of Letters & Science)
Physiology Graduate Program, Dept. of Neuroscience (School of Medicine and Public Health)

Position title: PhD Student

Email: doudlah@wisc.edu

Monica Duran

Credentials: Neuroscience Training Program; Medical Scientist Training Program

Position title: M.D./Ph.D student

Email: miduran@wisc.edu

Kim Edwards

Credentials: Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Waisman Center (VCRGE)

Position title: Graduate student

Email: kedwards22@wisc.edu

Rachel Fehrman

Credentials: Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy (Medical College of Wisconsin)

Position title: PhD student

Email: rfehrman@mcw.edu

Demeng Feng

Credentials: Electrical and Computer Engineering (College of Engineering)

Position title: Graduate student

Email: dfeng24@wisc.edu

Mina Gaffney

Credentials: Department of Biomedical Engineering

Position title: PhD Student

Email: mgaffney@mcw.edu

Emma Geiduschek

Credentials: Neuroscience Training Program

Position title: PhD student

Email: geiduschek@wisc.edu

Bikalpa Ghimire

Credentials: Department of Neuroscience

Position title: Graduate student

Email: bghimire2@wisc.edu

Scholastica Go

Credentials: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Medical College of Wisconsin

Position title: Neuroscience PhD student

Email: sgo@mcw.edu

Purnima Gogoi

Credentials: Department of Genetics

Position title: Research Associate

Email: pgogoi@wisc.edu

Heather Heitkotter

Credentials: Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Neuroscience Doctoral Program, Medical College of Wisconsin

Position title: Graduate Student

Email: hheitkotter@mcw.edu

Jennifer Heyward, DVM

Credentials: Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Ophthalmology, Department of Surgical Sciences (School of Veterinary Medicine)

Position title: Comparative Ophthalmology Resident, CBMS Master's student

Email: jheyward@wisc.edu

Mengming Hu

Credentials: Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin

Position title: Graduate Student

Email: mhu@mcw.edu

Yaxin Hu

Credentials: Computer Sciences

Position title: Graduate student

Email: yaxin.hu@wisc.edu

Clint Jensen

Credentials: Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology (College of Letters and Science)

Position title: PhD Student

Email: cjensen5@wisc.edu

Mohan Ji

Credentials: Department of Psychology
(College of Letters & Science)

Position title: PhD student

Email: mji24@wisc.edu

Meha Kabra

Credentials: Department of Pediatrics - Neonatalogy (School of Medicine and Public Health)

Position title: Postdoctoral Associate

Email: mkabra2@wisc.edu

Jacob Khoussine

Credentials: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
(School of Medicine and Public Health)

Position title: Medical student, PhD student

Email: jkhoussine@wisc.edu

Melina Knabe

Credentials: Educational Psychology

Position title: Graduate student

Email: mknabe@wisc.edu

Joey Kreis

Credentials: Neuroscience Doctoral Program, Medical College of Wisconsin

Position title: PhD student

Email: jgkreis@mcw.edu

Lauren Kresser

Credentials: Neuroscience Training Program

Position title: Graduate Student

Email: lkresser@wisc.edu

Michael Landowski, PhD

Credentials: Department of Genetics (School of Medicine and Public Health)

Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow

Email: landowski@wisc.edu

Thomas Lawler

Credentials: Nutritional Sciences

Position title: Graduate Student

Shermaine Low

Credentials: Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Medical College of Wisconsin

Position title: PhD student

Email: wlow@mcw.edu

Allison Ludwig

Credentials: Comparative Biomedical Sciences Program, School of Veterinary Medicine

Position title: Dual DVM/PhD Resident

Email: aludwig4@wisc.edu

Virginia Mathu

Credentials: Comparative Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program

Position title: Graduate student

Email: vmathu@wisc.edu

Andrew Miller, PhD

Credentials: Department of Neuroscience
(School of Medicine and Public Health)

Position title: Postdoctoral Researcher

Email: ahmiller2@wisc.edu

Kushin Mukherjee

Credentials: Department of Psychology (School of Letters and Science)

Position title: PhD student

Email: kmukherjee2@wisc.edu

Philip Mzyk

Credentials: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (School of Medicine and Public Health)

Position title: Postdoctoral Research Associate

Email: pmzyk@wisc.edu

Jenna Nagy

Credentials: Cellular and Molecular Pathology Training Program
Department of Neuroscience

Position title: PhD student

Email: jnagy2@wisc.edu

Ralph W. Nelson

Credentials: Motor Control and Behavior
Department of Kinesiology

Position title: PhD student

Email: rwnelson3@wisc.edu

Kazuya Oikawa, BVSc, PhD

Credentials: Department of Surgical Sciences (School of Veterinary Medicine)

Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow

Email: koikawa@wisc.edu

Alejandra Padilla

Credentials: Motor Control and Behavior Program, Department of Kinesiology

Position title: PhD student

Email: aspadilla@wisc.edu

Samir Rosas

Credentials: Department of Biomedical Engineering
(College of Engineering)

Position title: PhD student

Email: sanchezrosas@wisc.edu

Aindrila Saha

Credentials: Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Neuroscience (School of Medicine and Public Health)

Position title: Graduate student

Email: asaha23@wisc.edu

Michele M. Salzman

Credentials: Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Department of Surgical Sciences (School of Veterinary Medicine)

Position title: PhD student

Email: msalzman2@wisc.edu

Shivani Saxena

Credentials: Department of Biomedical Engineering (College of Engineering)

Position title: Graduate student

Email: ssaxena8@wisc.edu

Andrew Schultz

Credentials: Neuroscience

Position title: PhD student

Email: atschultz3@wisc.edu

Pawan Shahi, PhD

Credentials: Department of Pediatrics (School of Medicine and Public Health)

Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow

Email: pshahi@wisc.edu

Jiangang Shan

Credentials: Department of Psychology

Position title: PhD student

Email: jshan23@wisc.edu

Tania Sharmin

Credentials: Comparative Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program

Position title: PhD student

Email: sharmin@wisc.edu

Mason Shipley

Credentials: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Cellular and Molecular Pathology Program
(School of Medicine and Public Health)

Position title: Graduate student

Email: mashipley@wisc.edu

Zeinab Shirbaghaei, PhD

Credentials: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Position title: Research Associate

Email: shirbaghaee@wisc.edu

Carter Sifferman

Credentials: Computer Sciences

Position title: PhD student

Email: sifferman@wisc.edu

Pankaj Singh, PhD

Credentials: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
(School of Medicine and Public Health)

Position title: Postdoctoral Researcher

Email: psingh58@wisc.edu

Yong-Seok Song

Credentials: Molecular and Environmental Toxicology Training Program
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Position title: PhD student

Email: song224@wisc.edu

Allison Spillane

Credentials: Department of Pediatrics - Neonatalogy (School of Medicine and Public Health)

Position title: Graduate student

Email: aklutz@wisc.edu

Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD

Credentials: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Position title: Postdoctoral Researcher

Email: stevenssostr@wisc.edu

Siddharth Suresh

Credentials: Department of Psychology

Position title: PhD student

Email: suresh27@wisc.edu

Praveen Joseph Susaimanickam, PhD

Credentials: Waisman Center (VCRGE)

Position title: Postdoctoral Researcher

Email: praveenjoseph.susaimanickam@wisc.edu

Odalys Torné Escudé, DVM

Credentials: Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine

Position title: PhD Student

Email: torneescude@wisc.edu

Ru Wang

Credentials: Department of Computer Science
(College of Letters & Science)

Position title: PhD student

Email: ru.wang@wisc.edu

Yanan Wang

Credentials: Department of Computer Science

Position title: PhD Student

Email: wang2523@wisc.edu

Steven Wiesner, PhD

Credentials: Department of Neuroscience

Position title: Postdoctoral Researcher

Email: swiesner@wisc.edu

Serena Wisner

Credentials: Neuroscience Training Program

Position title: Graduate student

Email: srwisner@wisc.edu

Ruth Woehlke

Credentials: Biomedical Engineering

Position title: PhD student

Email: ruth.woehlke@marquete.edu

Ruosen "Alex" Xie, PhD

Credentials: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
Department of Biomedical Engineering

Position title: Postdoctoral Researcher

Email: rxie23@wisc.edu

Ziyun Ye

Credentials: Microbiology Doctoral Training Program, Dept. of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (School of Medicine and Public Health)

Position title: PhD Student

Email: ye82@wisc.edu

Zikang Zhu

Credentials: Neuroscience Training Program

Position title: Graduate student

Email: zzhu329@wisc.edu

Clementine Zimnicki

Credentials: Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience
Department of Psychology

Position title: PhD student

Email: zimnicki@wisc.edu